Too Near the Sun (1966)
Documentary, first broadcast in 1966, that tells the history of the superbomb, exploring the race by scientists to imitate the nuclear reactions of the sun and build the first thermonuclear weapon. The film reveals how the careers and reputations of some of the scientists involved were seared in the process.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002x8ln/too-near-the-sun
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Ronald Baddiley as Narrator |
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Robert Beatty as Narrator |
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J. Robert Oppenheimer as self (archive footage) |
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Edward Teller as self (archive footage) |
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George Gamow as self (archive footage) |
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Enrico Fermi as self (archive footage) |
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Hans Bethe as self (archive footage) |
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King Gustaf V as self (archive footage) |
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George Thomson as self (archive footage) |
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C. E. M. Joad as self (archive footage) |
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Winston Churchill as self (archive footage) |
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Harry S. Truman as self (archive footage) |
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Joseph Stalin as self (archive footage) |
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Leslie Groves as self (archive footage) |
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James F. Byrnes as self (archive footage) |
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Ernest Bevin as self (archive footage) |
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Vyacheslav Molotov as self (archive footage) |
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Brien McMahon as self (archive footage) |
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Dean Acheson as self (archive footage) |
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Wendell Willkie as self (archive footage) |
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David Lilienthal as self (archive footage) |
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Bernard Baruch as self (archive footage) |
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Shūmei Ōkawa as self (archive footage) |
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Klaus Fuchs as self (archive footage) |
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Robert Becker as self (archive footage) |
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Lewis Strauss as self (archive footage) |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower as self (archive footage) |
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Joseph McCarthy as self (archive footage) |
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Haakon Chevalier as self (archive footage) |
| Editing | Jim Latham | Editor |
| Writing | R.W. Reid | Writer |
| Production | R.W. Reid | Producer |
| Production | Robyn Mendelsohn | Researcher |
| Production | Stuart Harris | Researcher |
| Production | David Collison | Production Assistant |
